Chicken-watering fountain.



-Gl JX/IN'KLE.

CHLCKEN wAERmG mum/xm,

, its inverted bottom.

env WINKLE, or oiiaoilaitari,v onio.

To all whom it may concern 'Beit'known that l, GUY WINKLE, a citizen of the -United States, residing` at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton 'and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements'in Chiclen-l/Vatering Fountains, of which the following is a specification.

" Myf invention vrelates to' water fountains adapted for use in watering fowls, and more especially to that class of saidfountains einployed in Watering chickens.

The, object of my invention is to afford a chicken Watering fountain, of convement size, portable, automatic vin 'the supply of Water, non-freezing, and at the saine time free' of any liability'ef explosion and the setting and'spread of fire as is the case with the fountainsnow-in common use which are invariably heated inthe winter time with kerosene-lamps.

' I accomplish the aforesaid object by means of the mechanismy hereinafter described and illustrated l,by meansof the vaccompanying drawing in which like reference 'characters represent like parts in all Figure 1 is a' side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of my invention ltaken on the line a-'-a in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa1 detached portion ofthe lowersend of the fountain as shtwvn 'in Fig. 2 and enlarged for the purpose of showing more distinctly the water'inlet mechanism of'my invention.- Figxt is a plan view of the upper-end'of my invention with the lidremofved. Fig. 5 is a. detachedl view in perspective of the :Water cup of my invention.

'In all figures, A` is the outside shell.'

B is the inside shell.

Gis-the lid for the outside-shell.

1 isthe bail of the outside shell. 2 is one of the lugs to which said bail is attached.

lt iscto be noted that the inside fountain B is in an inverted position, 3 being the real top of it and 4 being its real bottom, but in position t .is its top and 3 is its tomofsaid inside fountain to'which it is,v

Specification of Letters Patent'. Application filed August 6, 1914. Serial'No. 855,402.

Patented Sept. 28, 1%115.

attached byrme'ans of the threaded bushing which bushing passes through alining perforations in said engaging members.

8 is a bolt adapted to screw into said bushing and securely close the opening through which the water passes in filling said inside fountain.

9'is a flange extending laterally fromv the lower edge of said support and is adapted to engage the margin of the opening 10 in the bottom 11 of the outside shell A., toI

which margin it is securely soldered.

12 1s one of several supports, having one end riveted to the inside face of said out- -side shell and the other end soldered to the top lface of the top of said vinside fountain and being thus adapted to support said inside fountain laterally and maintain. it in its centrally located position within said outside fountain.

13 is an opening in said outside fountain effected by slitting it along the line 1li and then by hammering inward the upper lip 15 of said slit. The central portion of the lower edge of said hammered-inlip is soldered to the' out-side face of said inside fountain, and the lateral portions of said lower edge are soldered to the edges 1G and 17 of the cup 18, which cup is positioned in the open space between4 said fountains, the langggedl upper edge 19 of said cup alining with the slitting line 14 and adapted to engage the upper edge of thelower lip of said opening 13, to which edge it isse'curely soldered. The flanged edge 2G of said cup 18 is soldered to the outside face of said inerforations being adapted to admit air that which-timesaid flowv of water will: cease.

. So soon'as the Water Within said cupfalls' below saidperforation 22, ysaid flow of Water as aforesaid will begin anew' and continue orces water out of lthe other, and this flow .of water-will continue vuntil the waterin said cup arises above the perforation .22, at

lof different sizes both as to diameter and vease as aforesaid, and it is inl this way that the filling of' said water cup becomes auto-l matic and will continue so as long as the' water within said inside fountain rises above said perforation 21.

32E is an insulating side fountain and said outside shell.

'2l is an open spai-,efbetween saidwater eup and `the side. of said outside shell.y

vlt is to be noted that the word fountain is used in two senses, one to designate spe cifically the'inside fountain which contains the water and the other-to designate in a broader sense the whole -a'nd entire apparatus. i` v lfaving thus described my invention by illustration, in detail and partially as a w nkiug mechanism, I will now describe it more fully as a working mechanism. By means of thev bail said watering fountain can be lullig on the arm and carried from place to place in the chicken inclosure and back and forth from the inclosure to the housej- Said inside fountain is positioned within said outside shell for the purpose of producing an open space between the two adapted to receive an insulating filler. Said inside. fountain and said outside shell being length, and the tub-shaped support being hollow, there is an open space entirely around the inside fountain, for the floor closes the lowerv open end of said tub-shaped support. The non-freezing quality ofsaid fountain is in this way brought about. In the winter timethe fountain is carried into theI house. and fllled with warnrwaten It is then carried back to the chicken house. rllhere it will' remain all day without freezing. thus dispensing with the kerosene lamps. It is in this way lthat it becomes a non-explosive or safety fountain. In filling the fountain,lit is turned top end down and bottom end up. By the use of a wrench the bolt S can be unscrewed and the inside fountain filled. The bolt S is then screwed into the bushing, and the fountain is ready to be translmrted to thel chicken house. The

open space 2l assists in preventing the water from freezing in said, .water cup, which freezing is further overcome by the constant 'flowing of water from said inside fountain into said cup to replace the water extracted therefrom by the chickens. The filler between said fountains can be any suitable material, such as dry sawdust, chopped hay, mineral wool, or ground cork,`and after said filling has'been placed between said fountains the lid C is securely soldered te said outside fountain. It is to be noted, however, that it is not absolutely necessary to make use of said filler, as the open space alone between said-inside fountain and said filler between said inoutside shell in some climates would be sufii- .l I

, cient for all non-freezing purposes.

A yHaving thus described more fully my in- /vention as a working mechanism, what I claim is:.- 1

1.. In a chicken Watering fountain and in combination; an inverted inside fountain,

having a centrally positioned opening through one of its ends, a perforation"l through the'. side thereof near said perfo 'ated end, and another perforation through the side thereof a little above said first mentioned perforation when said-fountain is in an inverted position; an internally-threaded, flange-headedbushing fitted into said open- `ing; and a threaded bolt adapted to screw 'into said bushing; the flange of said bushing being adapted to engage the margin of said opening into which it is fitted, to Whichopening said flange is securely soldered; said bolt being adapted to prevent Water fron: escaping ,from said fountain through said bushing; the lower-most of said perforations through thel side of said fountain being adapted to afford an outlet for the Water Within said fountain; and said uppermost of said perforations through theside of said fountain being adapted to admit air into said fountain-.and thereby cause the Water within said fountain to fioW out of said fountain through said lowermostperforation'through the side thereof.

2. In a chicken fountain .and in combination; an outside 4shell having an' openingv through the 4bottom and another opening through the sideV thereof; an inverted tubshaped cap fitted-and attached tothe mar' gin of said opening lthrough the bottom thereof; an inverted inside fountain having perforations one above another through the side thereof seated on said .tub-shaped cap;

Ition; an Aoutside shell having an openingthrough the bottom and. another opening i through the side thereof; an inverted' tub-' shaped cap fitted and attached tothe margin of said opening through the bottom thereof; van' inverted inside fountain having perforations one above another through the side thereof seated on said tub-shaped cap; alining openings through the inverted bottoni lof said cap and the inverted top of said founl tain; any suitable stopper for said alining,

openings; a. 'c up positioned between and attached to said shell and said fountain ,di- ,139

rectly beneath said openingv through the side my hnd in presence of bWo suhserhif:y '.,v

of said shell and said perforatons through nesses. the side of said fountain; any suitable ller between said shell and sai-d fountain; and supports between and for said shell and said Witnesses:

fountain. OLA A. FLUMMER, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set. EMMA MCCORD.

G Y "WHQL 

